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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 08, 1949
Page
6
The Midland Junction fat stock market saw improved yarding but overall declines in top sheep prices. Graziers bid strongly for right aged ewes and wethers, lambs remained variable with softer trends, cattle showed a steadier tone with mixed weights and conditions across bidders.
Prices for cattle slipped at Tuesday's sale of 435 head at Mill and Jonetiom, with heavy steer values from £27 to £29 and good heavyweights £24 to £25. Cows ranged from £16 to £25, with mixed quality on lightweight and medium conditioned stock.
Country churches announce Sunday services across parishes. Greenough Anglican Parish holds Holy Communion at 11 a.m. and Evensong at 7.80 p.m. at various locations with Rev. Tt. W. Laurie officiating. Northampton Methodist Church lists Morning Worship at Ogilvie, Afternoon Service at Binny, and Divine Worship at Northampton led by Rev. T. J. Nicholls.
Anne Canwell-Tempest seeks a fresh start after grief and isolation. With a solicitor's reference she seizes a chance to govern a farmer's child in Africa, abandoning her lonely London life for a harsh yet transformative new world.
Anne Tempest arrives at the Tugela farm and receives a cool reception from Mrs Brooke and a wary look from Phyllis. The new governess faces a cold household, uneven hospitality, and a sense of unfinished friendship as she prepares to begin her duties, while memories of Aunt Lydia linger in her mind.
Cambridgeshire Sem reports a new mortaring wall system using tightly produced interlocking concrete blocks. The Let Crim method promises weather resistance and labor savings as no skilled mortar work is needed. Blocks come in 6 and 4 inch sizes with various colors and lengths, including waterproof external faces and cement finishes.
The text lists lunar phases for September including Last Quarter on the 15th New Moon on the 22nd and First Quarter on the 22nd with scattered garbled words. The fragment indicates astronomical timing but provides no further context or events.
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